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Postdoctoral Scholars

Postdoctoral scholars pursue a program of research and training under the direction of an MIT faculty member. As of October 2023, there were 1,536 postdoctoral scholars at MIT: 1,054 men and 482 women.

Distribution of Postdoctoral Scholars by Area, October 2023

  • 32% School of Engineering (494)
  • 31% School of Science (473)
  • 17% Vice President for Research area (256)
  • 8% Schwarzman College of Computing (122)
  • 6% Provost and other areas (87)
  • 3% School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (41)
  • 3% School of Architecture and Planning (40)
  • 1% Sloan School of Management (23)

Note: Figures are rounded.